AMU vice chancellor meets Smriti Irani
Aligarh : A three-member delegation of the Aligarh Muslim University, led by Vice Chancellor Lt Gen Zameer Uddin Shah (retd) met union HRD minister...
Will ink accord with WHO to popularise AYUSH globally: Minister
Pune : India's AYUSH Minister Sripad Yesso Naik on Sunday said the ministry will ink an agreement with the World Health Organization to popularise...
Will Mehbooba say ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’? asks AAP leader
New Delhi : Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra on Friday sought to know from the BJP if PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti will chant 'Bharat...
Assam records 23 percent polling in four hours
Guwahati : Nearly a quarter of Assam's electorate on Monday voted in the first four hours of the first round of assembly elections to...
Three new mosques to be built in UAE
Abu Dhabi : The UAE-based General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowments has signed a contract for the establishment of three mosques in the...
At 16, Arsh Ali is India’s youngest archaeologist at work
By Mohit Dubey
Lucknow: At his age, teenagers loaf around and look for fun and adventure. Not so for the 16-year-old Arsh Ali.
He not...
Maharashtra minister accused of wasting water for helipad in parched Latur
Latur (Maharashtra) : While the Indian Railways is trying to quench the thirst of parched Latur, state Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse came under fire...
Delhi not against app-based taxis: Kejriwal
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said his government was not against taxi aggregators after online app-based cab operator Uber...
One killed in Aligarh varsity violence, VC meets agitators
Aligarh : One person was shot dead and at least a dozen others were injured when two groups of students clashed in the Aligarh...
केरल हाईकोर्ट ने एंट्रेंस टेस्ट में मुस्लिम महिलाओं को हिजाब पहनने की अनुमति दी
TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
एर्नाकुलम(केरल): हिजाब को लेकर समाज में हमेशा कोई न कोई मुद्दा उठता रहा है. मौजूदा वक़्त में भी सोशल मीडिया पर कई...
‘Need more sensitisation among poll officials on third gender’
Kolkata : On a day when West Bengal made history with a third gender managing a polling booth in the assembly polls, a prominent...
5 percent of Indian marriages inter-caste; in Mizoram, 55 percent
By Prachi Salve & Saumya Tewari
Christian-dominated Mizoram - 87 percent of the population is Christian - has the most inter-caste marriages in India, a...
Happy to see girl students shine: Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated the students on their success in various examinations, and said he was “happy to see...
Jamia Millia to exhibit rare manuscripts of Quran
New Delhi : A rare collection of Quran manuscripts dating back from 15th to 20th centuries will be on a display at two-week long...
Sonia urges youth to start national movement
New Delhi : Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday appealed to the youth of the country to start a "national movement to reinvigorate the...
JNU students protest outside VC’s house
New Delhi : JNU students on Sunday staged a noisy protest outside Vice Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar's house here demanding to know the whereabouts...
Government to set up world class institutes for minorities: Naqvi
New Delhi : Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said that his ministry will establish world class educational...
Our manifesto is a Holy Book of the Delhi Government: Dilip Pandey
By Tanzil Asif and Sneha Dipika for TwoCircles.net,
As Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) completes one year in government after a thumping win in Delhi elections...
Three JNU ABVP unit members resign to protest crackdown
New Delhi : Three members of the JNU's ABVP unit on Wednesday resigned their posts and decided to disassociate themselves from the organization following...
All central universities to fly national flag
New Delhi: All the 46 central universities in the country will fly the national flag on their campuses to signify a "strong India", said...
HC asks Umar Khalid, Anirban where they want to surrender
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Tuesday, while agreeing to hear a plea filed by JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya...
Amnesty’s annual report criticizes India for ‘growing intolerance’
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Amnesty International in its annual report released today has accused India of supporting a climate of intolerance by cracking...
Congress, BJP trade barbs over JNU row, Rohith Vemula issue
New Delhi : Amid heated arguments between the opposition and the treasury benches, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday discussed the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)...
JNU row: Another student in police probe, Kanhaiya says attackers prepared
New Delhi : Another JNU student, facing sedition charges for allegedly raising "anti-India" slogans on the campus, joined the police investigation in the case...
BJP slams Mamata over industrialisation
Kolkata : Attacking the Mamata Banerjee government over the dismal industrial scenario in West Bengal, the BJP on Tuesday began a four day march...
Railways launch online ‘clean my coach’ service
New Delhi : Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Friday launched an online "clean my coach" service that allows travellers to get their compartments cleaned...
Why India’s governance frontlines are cash starved
By Charu Bahri
Between 2010 and 2015, funding shortfalls to local governments nationwide - rural and urban - were as high as half the sanctioned...
Wave of student unrest sweeping across campuses: Yogendra Yadav
Hyderabad : Swaraj Abhyan leader Yogendra Yadav on Friday said that a new wave of student unrest is sweeping across university campuses in the...
Jammu and Kashmir gets first woman CM in Mehbooba
Jammu : PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday took oath as Jammu and Kashmir's first woman chief minister heading a 22-member coalition ministry with...
AMU VC writes to Akhilesh Yadav, wants CBI or SIT to probe April 23...
By TCN News
Aligarh: The Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University, Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah has written to the Uttar Pradesh...
Boy got HIV from blood given in Assam hospital: Parents
Guwahati : A poor couple has claimed that their three-year-old son acquired human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection from blood transfusion at state-run Guwahati Medical...
84% Of 12 mn married children under 10 are Hindus
Devanik Saha
Nearly 12 million Indian children were married before the age of 10 years - 84 per cent of them Hindu and 11 percent...
Journalists agents of social change: Maneka Gandhi
New Delhi : Describing journalists as agents of social change, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday said there is need to...
Pranab Mukherjee to confer degrees on Nalanda University students
Patna : President Pranab Mukherjee will attend the convocation ceremony where degrees will be awarded to the first batch of students at Nalanda University...
Why the drama of denial in case of Kashmir?
By Maariyah Siddique and Ieshan Wani for Twocircles.net
As tension escalates for the fourth day in...
Polling begins in DU, JNU
New Delhi : Polling began on Friday morning in the two politically active varsities -- University of Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) --...
Quality of education is my main agenda: Javadekar
New Delhi : Noting that education is a very important aspect in sensitising the youth, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said his agenda is the...
No personal animosity with Modi, says Kanhaiya Kumar
Bhubaneswar : Former President of the JNU Students Union Kanhaiya Kumar on Monday said he has no personal animosity with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"I...
Kejriwal tells JNU students to protest at India Gate
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday urged JNU students to take their protest over a student who went missing 20...
High Court extends relief to JNU students till November 24
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Monday extended the relief granted to the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students against the university's decision...
JNU student’s mother loses faith in investigation
New Delhi : The mother of missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed on Tuesday said she had no faith in the police search conducted...
JNU row: Lookout notice issued for three youth
New Delhi: Delhi Police issued a lookout notice for three youth -- believed to be JNU students -- in connection with the alleged "anti-India"...
HC agrees to hear Umar Khalid’s plea
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea filed by JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya seeking security...
I condemn Patiala House Court violence: Rajnath
New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday condemned the violence in the Patiala House Court and promised action if Delhi Police was...
Rural economy takes top slot in 9 pillars of Jaitley’s budget
New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented India's national budget for 2016-17 in the Lok Sabha on Monday, saying the country was a...
Campus erupts in joy as Kanhaiya addresses students at JNU
New Delhi : Over 2,500 students and teachers gathered at the admin block of Jawaharlal Nehru University on Thursday to welcome JNU students union...
SP sweeps UP legislative council polls, BJP draws a duck
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) received a shot in its arm on Sunday as it won 23 out of 28 local...
Indian government’s health, education spend declines over 2 years
By Saumya Tewari
The money allocated for key centrally sponsored social schemes — Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA or universal education...
शराब के नशे में ‘पुलिस’ वाले ने मारी फ़रहान खान को गोली
Fahmina Hussain, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली : शराब के नशे में तथाकथित पुलिस वाले के द्वारा एक 25 वर्षीय युवक को गोली मारने की घटना सामने...
Ansari calls for speedy trials, prompt justice
Lucknow : Vice President Hamid Ansari on Thursday called on the legal fraternity to ensure speedy trials and quick justice to those seeking it...
A green marriage solemnised in Bihar to save the environment
By Imran Khan
Patna : This is one marriage in Bihar that could not have gone more green.
The bride and the groom planted saplings of...
One killed in Aligarh Muslim University violence
Lucknow : One person was killed and over a dozen were injured on Sunday when student groups of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) clashed...
Malegaon 2006 blasts: Court discharges eight Muslim men
Mumbai : A special court on Monday discharged all eight Muslim men, including one deceased, who were charge sheeted in the 2006 Malegaon serial...
प्रशासन के फैसले के खिलाफ़ अनिश्चितकालीन भूख हड़ताल पर बैठे जेएनयू के छात्र
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
नई दिल्ली: जवाहरलाल नेहरू विश्वविद्यालय में पैदा हुआ शोर अभी निकट भविष्य में शांत होता हुआ नहीं दिख रहा है. जेएनयू...
‘Overt and covert caste discrimination prevails in JNU’
By Nirendra Dev
New Delhi : Elite educational institutes like Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) should have no place for caste discrimination, but this prevails in...
Union cabinet approves six new IITs
New Delhi : The union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave ex-post facto approval to a law on setting up...
Two Years of Modi Sarkar- Broken Promises: Sectarian Agenda
By Ram Puniyani,
The performance of the Modi Government during last two years has to be seen in the light of the promises made in...
Another youth killed, toll in Kashmir unrest rises to 74
Srinagar : A day before an all-party delegation reaches the state, another youth was killed on Saturday during clashes with the security forces...
Pranab to seek report on missing JNU student: Kejriwal
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday that President Pranab Mukherjee had promised to seek a report from the Home...
Nurture the student in you, Modi tells BHU scholars
Varanasi: One must keep alive and nurture the 'student' in oneself as a vital impulse to attaining one's life's goals, Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Court attackers were ‘highly politically motivated’: Kanhaiya
New Delhi : "The mob that beat me up at the Patiala House Court seemed to be highly politically motivated as they were well...
Budget ignores welfare of the minority community: E. Ahamed
By TCN News,
New Delhi: E. Ahamed, Member of Parliament and President of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has criticized NDA government’s third budget presented...
Chidamabaram issue to divert attention from Smriti remarks: Congress
New Delh : The Congress on Tuesday alleged that an effort is being made to distract attention of parliament from the breach of privilege...
Report places AMU above Delhi University in India
Aligarh : US News Education World Report has placed Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) above Delhi University and second to Punjab University on their list...
JNU row: ABVP seeks enquiry committee report released
New Delhi : The ABVP on Saturday demanded an early release of the report of the high-level enquiry committee, probing the Jawaharlal Nehru University...
BJP government muzzling voice of poor: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the central government of muzzling the voice of the poor, tribals and the...
Delhi HC to hear another sedition plea against Kanhaiya
New Delhi: A petition was filed in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday seeking action against JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar on a...
Journalist who wrote the AYUSH ministry RTI story questioned by Delhi Police, claims The...
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
New Delhi: A Delhi-based Journalist, Pushp Sharma, whose RTI story regarding reply from Union AYUSH Ministry had hogged...
Khalid, Anirban get six month interim bail
New Delhi : A court here on Friday granted six months interim bail to JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, arrested on charges...
Protests in Agra as video allegedly shows students eating ‘beef’
Agra : Tension gripped Agra on Saturday after a video clip showing some students allegedly eating 'beef' in a hostel went viral on social...
BJP, RSS trying to communalise doctor’s murder: Kejriwal
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS)...
Bengaluru’s IISc tops in university rankings, JNU third
New Delhi : The Indian Institute of Science at Bengaluru in Karnataka has been ranked the best in university category of 'India Ranking 2016'...
‘Book Maharashtra ATS men for implicating innocents in terror cases’
Mumbai : The Jamiat Ulama-e-Maharashtra (Arshad Madni group) on Tuesday demanded action against officials of the state Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) for "falsely implicating"...
Health sinking, but JNU fast to continue until ‘freedom’
By Ruwa Shah
New Delhi : Water is all they claim to have had in the last 10 days of their sit-in fast at Jawaharlal...
Vemula’s friends, academicians back Jadavpur University against ABVP
Kolkata : Friends of Rohith Vemula, the Dalit scholar who committed suicide in Hyderabad, as also some academicians on Sunday backed the Jadavpur University...
Back to the past: Cycle of violence takes toll on Kashmir youth
By Sheikh Qayoom
Srinagar : Has the death of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani acted only as the trigger to set off the kind of widespread...
Speaking against terrorism is what defines Zakir Naik
By Kashif Mansoor for Twocircles.net
This time Eid celebrations, for me, were hollow, void and barren not because I could not be home...
Quality education is imperative in India: Ansari
Aligarh : Vice President Hamid Ansari on Friday said that in today's India where the operative slogan is ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas', educational progress...
Protesting JNU students confine V-C, senior officials in campus
New Delhi : Demanding a conclusive response on the whereabouts of a missing student Najeeb Ahmed, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students on Wednesday staged...
Modi, opposition discuss JNU, FIR over attack on journalists
New Delhi : The sedition case filed against a JNU student leader came up for discussion as Prime Minister Narendra Modi met opposition leaders...
Jat community students demonstrate in Delhi University
New Delhi: Students from the Jat community on Saturday demonstrated in Delhi University's north campus, demanding reservations in government jobs and educational institutions.
Despite the...
Violence-hit areas of Haryana resemble a war zone
By Jaideep Sarin
Rohtak: The main market of Haryana's Rohtak town was a bustling place till last week. In just three days, it looks devastated....
No video of Kanhaiya shouting anti-national slogans: Delhi Police to HC
New Delhi : The Delhi Police on Monday admitted on Monday before the Delhi High Court that "it has no video footage" which could...
Kanhaiya gets six-month bail, JNU students celebrate
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted six-month interim bail to JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested for sedition, but imposed...
NHRC notice to Tamil Nadu over farmer’s suicide
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission on Monday issued notice to Tamil Nadu over the suicide of a farmer following humiliation by...
No mention of rustication of students in JNU panel report
New Delhi : The high-level inquiry committee set by JNU to probe the controversial event of February 9 has not recommended rustication of five...
Agartala becomes India’s third Internet gateway
New Delhi : Agartala on Wednesday became India's third Internet gateway after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladeshi Premier Sheikh Hasina inaugurated an Internet...
Union cabinet meets to discuss Uttarakhand crisis
New Delhi : The union cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, met here on Saturday evening to discuss all possibilities, including President's Rule,...
नए आन्दोलनों की ज़मीन तैयार करता जाट आरक्षण आन्दोलन
जावेद अनीस
जाट आरक्षण आंदोलन आगामी तीन अप्रैल तक के लिए टल गया है. इसी के साथ जाट नेताओं ने हरियाणा सरकार को एक नयी डेडलाइन देते हुए कहा है कि सरकार 31 मार्च तक चलने वाले विधानसभा के मौजूदा सत्र में आरक्षण विधेयक पारित कराए. अखिल भारतीय जाट आरक्षण संघर्ष समिति के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष यशपाल मलिक ने उम्मीद जतायी है कि सरकार उनके सुझावों पर गौर करेगी
Misinterpreted on 2002 riots and 1984 violence, says Kanhaiya
New Delhi : Facing flak for apparently suggesting there was a difference between the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and the 2002 Gujarat riots, Jawaharlal Nehru...
Jordan security forces close Muslim brotherhood headquarters
Amman : Jordanian security personnel stormed the headquarters of the Muslim brotherhood, the main opposition group in Amman, dismissed all people inside and sealed...
Kashmir violence begins to challenge Mehbooba Mufti’s rule
By Sheikh Qayoom
Srinagar : Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti could not have asked for a more troubled start to her innings as the head of...
Attempt to strangle me, says JNUSU president
Mumbai : Jawaharlal Nehru University students union president Kanhaiya Kumar on Sunday said a man tried to strangle him on a Jet Airways flight...
ABVP’s rally against ‘anti-nationalism’ in Jadavpur varsity
Kolkata : Deriding left-leaning students for turning Jadavpur University into a "hub of anti-national activities", the RSS students' wing ABVP on Monday took out...
Four detained in killing of senior journalist in Bihar
Patna : Four suspects have been detained in connection with the killing of a senior journalist of Hindi daily Hindustan in Bihar's Siwan district,...
Bengal BJP chief calls ‘molested’ Jadavpur students ‘shameless’
Kolkata : West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh on Saturday stirred a controversy, as he dubbing as "shameless" a section of Jadavur University female...
47 mn Indian youth drop out by 10th standard
Silvio Grocchetti & Charlie Moloney
India has 47 million youth of secondary and higher secondary school-going age out of school, according to a report...
Missing JNU student: Kejriwal assures family of all help
New Delhi : The Delhi government will provide all help and assistance to trace Najeeb Ahmad, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal assured the missing JNU...
Chhattisgarh police register murder case against DU professor Nandini Sundar
Sukma (Chhattisgarh) : A case of murder was registered against Delhi University Professor Nandini Sundar, a JNU professor and others here on the complaint...
Kanhaiya moves bail plea in Delhi High Court
New Delhi : JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested for sedition, on Friday moved the Delhi High Court seeking bail.
The president of the Jawaharlal...
Soni Sori’s condition out of danger
New Delhi: Tribal teacher-turned-leader Soni Sori, who was attacked with acid and is undergoing medical treatment at the Apollo hospital here, is out of...
JNU issue raises questions which must not be ignored
By Jaspal Singh for Twocircles.net
News reports from India have been full of demonstrations, counter-demonstrations about the JNU events and there have been plenty...
Lawyers march to seek action over court violence
New Delhi : More than 200 lawyers marched silently here on Wednesday to demand "strict action" against fellow lawyers who attacked journalists, lawyers and...
Umar Kahlid misled JNU administration: Smriti Irani
New Delhi : Union minister Smriti Irani, citing a Jawaharlal Nehru University report on Wednesday, said that JNU student "Umar Khaild misled the university...
Rajya Sabha discusses JNU, Vemula; Irani’s reply cut short
New Delhi: Functioning for nearly the whole day after a long time, the Rajya Sabha on Thursday witnessed an intense debate on the recent...
Jharkhand assembly disrupted again over JPSC results
Ranchi : The Jharkhand assembly was disrupted for the third consecutive day on Tuesday over the opposition's noisy protests against the alleged irregularities in...
RSS says Owaisi anti-national, BJP’s Shah looks to other factors
New Delhi : As the RSS on Thursday dubbed AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi as anti-national for his refusal to say 'Bharat mata ki jai',...
I’ll get all votes if I contest election against Owaisi: Javed Akhtar
New Delhi :Acclaimed lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar says he will contest elections against All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owais if given a constituency...
Review OBC quota based on 2011 census: Swaraj Abhiyan leader
Gurgaon : Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav on Friday urged the Haryana government to review the reservation given under the Other Backward Classes quota...
Hyderabad varsity fracas: NHRC notice to HRD ministry, state government
New Delhi : Taking suo motu cognizance of media reports that there was “an emergency like situation” in the University of Hyderabad, the NHRC...
Education gets key focus in Delhi government budget
New Delhi : The Delhi government on Monday presented an annual budget of Rs.46,600 crore for 2016-17 -- an increase of Rs.8,850 crore over...
Court acquits Irom Sharmila of suicide charge
New Delhi : A court here on Wednesday acquitted Irom Sharmila, who has been on a 15-year-long hunger strike to press for the repeal...
Every fifth candidate in Bengal first phase has criminal cases
New Delhi : As many as 58 of the 296 candidates contesting the first phase of the West Bengal assembly polls have declared that...
Over 63 percent polling in six hours in first phase of Bengal polls
Kolkata : Despite the sweltering heat, brisk polling was recorded with over 63 percent of the electorate exercising their franchise in the first six...
Young voices from varsities lighting nation in dark times: Mandar
Hyderabad : Rights activist and former bureaucrat Harsh Mandar on Monday said the young voices for justice and equality being raised in universities are...
‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ comments not government authorised: Naidu
New Delhi : Union Parfliamentary Affairs and Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said the views expressed by various individuals on chanting...
Despite mid-day meal, attendance lags in Agartala’s government schools
By Sujit Chakraborty
Agartala : Despite the lure of a mid-day meal, low attendance in Tripura's government schools is a "cause of concern" while enrollment...
India leads world In environmental conflicts
By Manupriya
There are more environmental conflicts in India than any other country, and more clashes are over water (27 perccent) than any other...
Indian mission in Jeddah working to get back pending arrears of workers
By Irfan Mohammed
Jeddah : As India said it will try to bring back over 10,000 Indians rendered jobless in the Gulf, the Indian...
Kanhaiya Kumar moves bail plea in Delhi court
New Delhi : Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) leader Kanhaiya Kumar and two others on Friday moved applications for regular bail before a...
Rape case filed against JNU PhD scholar
New Delhi : A case of rape has been registered against a JNU PhD scholar for allegedly raping a 26-year-old woman on the pretext...
Front Line Defenders urges India to immediately release Khurram Parvez
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Srinagar: International human rights watchdog Front Line Defenders expressed concern on the harassment, arrest and detention of human rights defender...
MNCs find quality material in AMU
Aligarh : At least 70 Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students pursuing various postgraduate and undergraduate courses have been placed in well known multinational companies...
Fashion students spin charkha as tribute to Gandhi
New Delhi : Fashion, design and business institute Pearl Academy on Sunday joined hands with Khadi India to pledge support to keeping alive the...
Why not probe terror attacks on Muslims: Owaisi
Hyderabad : AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday accused the government of not allowing investigation agencies to probe terror attacks involving non-Muslims.
"All accused in...
HC urged to set up panel to probe police misbehaviour in Ramjas
New Delhi, (IANS): Two Delhi University law students on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court to seek directions for setting up an independent committee...
Kanhaiya Kumar sent to judicial custody till March 2
New Delhi :JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on sedition charges, was on Wednesday sent to judicial custody till March 2.
Metropolitan Magistrate Lovleen gave...
JNU situation is “disaster” by VC: Former faculty member
New Delhi : A retired professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has come down heavily on Vice Chancellor M. Jagdeesh Kumar for letting the...
A country without words
By Parayi for Twocircles.net
Friends who had tongues
Are dragged down the road
To adorn the emperor’s brave new prison
Guard dogs bark with blood red eyes
Across roads,...
Do genes control intolerance and anti-social behaviour?
By Nishant Arora
New Delhi: As Indian society grapples with the issue of intolerance and violence, genetic experts are opening up the hoary discussion on...
Are Indian ads coming of age with social messages?
By Azera Parveen Rahman
New Delhi: Why should laundry be a woman's job? asks a new TV commercial for a detergent. Featuring the father of...
US religious body disappointed at denial of Indian visas
Washington : The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a bipartisan body that monitors religious freedom abroad, has expressed disappointment at the denial...
Junior resident doctor at AIIMS found dead
New Delhi : A junior resident doctor working with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was found dead in his hostel room...
Yamuna farmers unhappy with AoL compensation
By Kushagra Dixit
New Delhi : Manoj is deeply unhappy over the Rs.4,000 dished out by the Art of Living (AoL) for acquiring his 1.5...
Student body demands Hyderabad varsity VC’s arrest
Hyderabad : The Progressive Democratic Students Union (PDSU) on Saturday staged a protest outside Hyderabad Central University demanding arrest of Vice Chancellor P. Appa...
SC begins hearing appeals by December 16 gangrape convicts
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday commenced the final hearing on the appeals by four December 16, 2012 Delhi gangrape accused challenging...
Dalit, tribals can perform as good as others: PM
Noida : People from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes will perform as well as others if they are given the opportunity, Prime Minister...
Bengal police, administration not following model code: Salim
Kolkata : Alleging that a section of police and administrative officials in West Bengal were neither following the model code of conduct nor carrying...
Rahul Gandhi flays Centre for ‘indifference’ to Dalits
Jaipur : Demanding a CBI inquiry into the rape of a now-dead minor Dalit girl in Rajasthan, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday...
RSS does not want government to pass GST bill: Congress
New Delhi : The Congress on Friday asserted that the RSS does not want the government to push the Goods and Services Tax (GST)...
Fasting Kanhaiya hospitalised, refuses to end protest
New Delhi : JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Thursday refused to end a protest fast he began a week ago despite doctors' appeals...
Education not diminishing India’s preference for boys
By Tanay Sukumar
Young graduate mothers gave birth to 899 girls per 1,000 boys, lower than the national average of 943, according to an IndiaSpend...
SIT begins probe in Bihar exam scam
Patna : A Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Tuesday formally begun its probe into a scam involving the toppers in the 12th Board examination...
On average, 98 deaths in police custody every year
By Jai Vipra
A staggering 1,275 people died in police custody in India between 2001 and 2013 but less than 50 per cent of custodial...
Jamia’s journalism school rated ‘best’ in India
New Delhi : The journalism school of Jamia Milia Islamia has been rated as the best in India by a weekly after a countrywide...
Dalit youth beaten, urinated upon in Bihar, says FIR
Patna : Two Dalit youths were badly beaten and urinated upon by some men allegedly for stealing a motorcycle in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar,...
Are Kashmiris really fighting for a freedom?
By Ibrahim Yousuf for TwoCircles.net
Living in a nation, yet not being called its citizen is a matter of shame. But we must not forget...
बोतल की सख्ती : एक क़ानून या एक दिशा?
अरफ़ीना खानम
बिहार में खुलेआम नशोखोरी और शराब पर पूर्ण रूप से पाबन्दी सरकार की अच्छी सोच व सही क़दम का नतीजा है. जब राज्य...
AMU VC should be asked to go on leave, demand teachers
Aligarh : Following the President's nod to initiate an inquiry against Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Vice Chancellor Zameeruddin Shah, the university's teachers' association on...
Students Islamic Organisation seeks action against Najeeb’s assaulters
New Delhi : Members of the Students Islamic Organisation (SIO) of India held a protest march here on Monday demanding action against those who...